Ramanath Tagore

Ramanath Tagore CSI , also spelled Roma Nath Tagore, was one of the leading social figures in 19th-century Kolkata. The son of Rammani Tagore of the Jorasanko branch of the Tagore family, he was younger brother of Dwarkanath Tagore and a cousin of Prasanna Coomar Tagore. Later, he acquired the family property at Battala, one of the Kolkata neighbourhoods.

As a member of the Bengal legislative council to which he was appointed in 1866, he so stoutly advocated the rights of the tenants that he was named the 'Ryots Friend.'

He played a prominent part in municipal matters and it was chiefly because of his efforts that a proposal to shift the Nimtolla cremation ground was retained at its original location. He was nominated to the Viceroy's Council in 1873 . and created a Raja. He died on 10 June 1877 (aged 75) in Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British India.